Interactive Pop-Up Engagement for Transport Planning
Team: Joel Fredericks, Callum Parker, Dawei Zhou, Martin Tomitsch
Year: 2016
Transport infrastructure is a key part of everyday life in urban environments, influencing how people move through and experience their cities. Effective community engagement is vital to ensure that transport planning aligns with the needs and priorities of local communities.
This project investigated how interactive pop-up installations could be used to gather community input on transport infrastructure at the University of Sydney. Engagement activities captured feedback from students, staff, and passers-by using a combination of digital and analogue tools such as interactive screens, voting apps, paper surveys, and other interactive media.
The project contributed to the broader smart cities discourse by introducing the concept of engagement channels within community placemaking. This approach demonstrated how temporary pop-up interventions can activate public spaces, giving communities a platform to share their perspectives on urban transport. By combining emerging digital practices with traditional engagement methods, the project highlighted the potential of hybrid approaches to improve collaboration in city-making and shape more responsive, inclusive urban infrastructure.